| Mount Gosford | |
|---|---|
 View from the summit. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,193 m (3,914 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 541 m (1,775 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Quebec 1000 meter peaks |
| Coordinates | 45°18′06″N 70°52′04″W / 45.30167°N 70.86778°W |
| Geography | |
  Mount Gosford | |
| Parent range | Longfellow Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Precambrian[2] |
| Mountain type | Gneiss, Granulite |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | hiking |
Mount Gosford is a mountain located in southern Quebec, Canada, at the border with Maine. It lies entirely in Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn in Estrie and is part of the White Mountains of the Appalachians. It is named after Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, governor general of British North America from 1835 to 1835. It is the 21st highest peak in Quebec and 4th in Southern Quebec.[3]
It is made of gneiss and granulite dating from the Precambrian era.[2]
- ^ a b "Quebec 1000-meter Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 1 Sep 2011.
- ^ a b Pierrette Tremblay, Pierre-André Bourque (1991), Carte géotouristique: Géologie du sud du Québec, du Bas-Saint-Laurent et de la Gaspésie (in French), Québec: Les publications du Québec
- ^ "Peak in Quebec Province". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2011-01-31.